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Sale 2683 - Lot 118

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
Rabelais, François (c. 1483-1553)
Group Lot of 17th Century Editions of his Works: Nine Titles in Ten Volumes.
Including nine octavo and 12mo editions of Rabelais's Oeuvres with the following imprints:

1) Antwerp: Par Jean Fuet, 1605, ex libris E. Gordon Duff, with his signature, title chipped, bound in 18th century half calf with marbled paper boards, worn and discolored, 5 1/2 x 3 in.

2) Another copy of the same, bound in full contemporary limp parchment, 5 1/2 x 3 in.

3) Lyon: Par Jean Martin, [no date, title page to part V dated 1608], bound in full contemporary parchment, a tall copy, 5 3/4 x 3 in.

4) Lyon: Par Jean Martin, 1608, woodcut of the bottle on page 157, separate title for part V; bound in contemporary parchment, some worming to Ff6-Gg10; ex libris Henry Home of Kames with armorial bookplate; 5 1/4 x 3 in.

5) Lyon: Jean Martin, [no date, circa 1610-1630], bound in full contemporary limp parchment, lacking ties; mild worming to inner and lower margins in signatures N-Y with no loss of text, lacking final blank, 5 1/2 x 3 in.

6) [No Place: No Printer], 1626, without general title page, engraved portrait present, armorial bookplate of the Bibliotheca Domini Mascrany, divisional typographical title pages for each chapter; woodcut medallion portrait of the author at the ends of some sections, bound in 18th century sponge-decorated sheepskin; 6 3/8 x 4 in.

7) Another copy of this edition without printer or place dated 1626; no engraved portrait; woodcut portraits and with divisional title pages present, large margins, bound in full contemporary limp parchment, lacking ties, 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.

8) Another copy of the above edition, bound in later gilt-tooled calf, rebacked, 6 1/2 x 4 in.

9) [Amsterdam: Elzevier], 1663, two 12mo volumes; bound in full 18th century green morocco with gilt decoration to boards and spines, aeg., nicely preserved set, the first Elzevier edition, first title page printed in red and black; patterned paper endleaves with metallic asterisks on white paper; ex libris Hubert Greville Palmer with bookplates, 5 x 2 3/4 in. (10)

From the Ken Rapoport Collection.
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